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Monday, April 24, 2017

Sarah Lahbati believes Richard Gutierrez will be able to get through the tax evasion complaint he is currently embroiled in.

Lahbati is Gutierrez’s girlfriend and the mother of his three-year-old son Zion.

“I don’t know anything about the issue. Honestly, if that’s the case, I know that he will settle it. We’ve been busy. We’ve been travelling. I know that he will settle it soon. Maybe you should ask him because that’s not my issue,” she told ABS-CBN News and other reporters.

What Lahbati is sure of is the fact that their whole family will be behind Gutierrez in dealing with this ordeal.

“I’ll always be there for him no matter what issue he goes through. I don’t think this is something to worry about especially dito sa Pilipinas, laging pinapalaki yung issue when wala namang issue. I know that he will settle this soon,” she said.

Last Friday, the Bureau of Internal Revenue said it filed a P38.57-million tax complaint against Gutierrez and his production company.

Gutierrez, 33, allegedly underdeclared P39.6 million in sales in 2012. His company, R Gutz, also failed to file an annual income tax return and two quarterly value added tax returns during the same year, the BIR said in a statement.

The actor's mother, Annabelle Rama, dismissed the tax case as "harassment." Rama said her son could prove that he filed tax returns properly.

On the other hand, the family's lawyer, Atty. Marie Glen Abraham-Garduque, said the actor has yet to receive a copy of the BIR complaint.

"He (Gutierrez) will answer at the proper forum as soon as he receives it," Abraham-Garduque said.

What's wrong with having separate finances? Kami ng asawa ko ganyan. We have the same setup for 10 years. Bills, investments and expenses are 50/50. And we can do whatever we want with the rest of our earnings.